Samuel Ogbuku
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NDDC seeks UN support to tackle Niger Delta flooding
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is pursuing a partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to address environmental challenges in the Niger Delta. NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku announced this in a statement issued by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Ogbuku made this known during…
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Niger Delta: NDDC awaits budget to kickstart big ticket projects – MD
Dr Samuel Ogbuku, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says the commission is waiting for the allocation of its 2024 budget to initiate big ticket projects across nine states. He said that the NDDC states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. Speaking at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Friday,…
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2.18m patients received NDDC’s initial free medicare, says MD
The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, said no fewer than 2.18 million people of the region benefitted from the commission’s initial free healthcare services. Ogbuku disclosed this in a statement issued by the commission’s Director, Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, and made available to newsme in Port Harcourt on Thursday. He stated that the beneficiaries received…
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NDDC plans ferry services, jetties in Niger Delta communities
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will construct jetties and provide safe ferry services in communities not connected by roads in the region. The Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, made the disclosure at the inauguration of Abitto Luxury and Maritime Safety Boat in Calabar on Saturday. Ogbuku, who described the Abitto ferry services as a game-changer in transportation…
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Politics
Akin Oke group affirms parallel Oyo APC exco list
Another group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State led by Chief Akin Oke, state Caretaker Chairman, has affirmed its parallel list of new state executive members based on the zoning template. The list was affirmed in Ibadan at a stakeholder meeting held at the party Secretariat on Friday in compliance with the directive of the National Secretariat.…
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